Dangerous wildfire conditions continue across Arkansas, with persistent drought, extremely dry vegetation and changing weather conditions increasing the threat of fires throughout the state.
According to the latest complete county-level classifications verified from the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s October 15–16 reporting, 25 Arkansas counties were classified at EXTREME wildfire danger, 44 counties at HIGH danger and 6 counties at MODERATE danger.
That means 69 of Arkansas’s 75 counties were classified at either high or extreme wildfire danger…